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No. 664,288. Patented Dec. la; I900.

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LOADING DEVICE. (Application filed Aug. 30, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS J. PRATT, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES A. MORRISSE, OF SAME PLACE.

LOADING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 66&,288, dated December 18, 1900- Applioation filed August 30, 1900- Serial No. 28,517. (No model.)

T all Mill/0m it y COW/06W!" partitions 0., and rollers O are mounted to re- Be it known that I, THOMAS J. PRATT, acitivolve in said walls or partitions to facilitate zen of the United States, residing at 155 Oliver the raising and lowering of the bucket recepstreet, in the city of Paterson, in the county tacles B to and from the barge or other vessel. v 5 of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have in- The rollers are arranged so as to leave a space vented certain new and useful Improvements between the faces thereof and the sides of the in Loading Devices, of which the following is bucket receptacles in order that they may not a specification, reference being had therein bind tightly against the sides and be free to to the accompanying drawings. revolve when in contact with the rising or To My invention relates to devices for loading lowering bucket receptacle. The lower porcoal, grain, and other articles and substances tion of the bucket receptacle is tapering in into ships from barges and othervessels; and form to the bottom B, which is hinged therethe object is to provide a new and improved to and is provided witha spiralspring e, which loading device which issimple and durable in forces the bottom B to close when the con- I 5 construction and will facilitate the loading of tents have been discharged. The bottom is ships and save time and labor. provided with the upturned sides B forming The invention consists of certain parts and a slide or chute to guide the coal or other madetails and combinations of the same, as will terial to the chute s, which is placed in the be fully described hereinafter and then pointport-hole sin the steamship S. A chain f of 20 ed out in the claims. strong-construction is adjustably connected My invention may be applied toa railwaywith the bottom, so as to permit it to be car as well as to a barge or other vessel. opened the distance required by the nature of In the accompanying drawings, in which the contents of the bucket receptacle. The similar letters of reference indicate'like parts, bottom is securely locked by means of the 25 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a locking device, comprising the segment-gears coal-barge provided with my improved indeb one of which has a square-headed shaft b pendent and removable bucket receptacles. which is operated by the Wire D to insert or Fig. 2 is a top View of barge. Fig. 3 is a secwithdraw the bolts 19- in or from the holes in tional view through side of bucket receptacle, the sides B of the bottom'B. The bolts pass 3o showing bottom-locking device inclosed in the to the holes in the sides B through the guides lower portion thereof and wrench for locking b and the contents of the bucket receptacle and unlocking the bottom. Fig. 4 is an end do not clog nor interfere in any way with the view of same, partly in section, showingin delocking device, as the locking mechanism is tail the locking device. Fig. 5 is a top view inclosed as shown by the covering in Fig. 3. 3; of bucket receptacle, showing spring which Nor can the contents interfere with the closcloses the bottom when the contents have been ing of the bottom, as thelower edge of the front discharged. Fig. 6 is a 'view of portion of of the bucket receptacle is provided With the side of steamship with port-holes and chute vertical slots 12 to admit the upturned sides and a part-sectional view of barge, showing of the bottom, and there is no place for the 0 one bucket receptacle just hoisted from the lodgment of material to prevent the bottom barge and one discharging its contents into a from being closed by the strong spiral springs chute in the port-hole communicating with e on the con'nectingpin of the hinges b. the ships hold. Figs. 7 and 8 are side and Each of the bucket receptacles B is proend views, respectively, of a barge carrying vided with two holes b, in which adjustable 9 5 45 coal-cars, the cars having the independent grip or lever tongs engage for the purpose of bucket receptacles and compartments instead raising the same from or lowering the same of the barges. into the barge or other vessel being unloaded The conveying vessel may be a barge A or or loaded. a car F, carried on a barge or other support- My invention is adapted for use in conjunc- I00 50 ing means A. The barge is divided into comtion with a crane or derrick of any known partments by the longitudinal bar's, walls, or construction and willperform all the functions of loading or unloading boats, cars, or other vessels or conveyances with a great saving in time and labor. It is obvious that my bucket receptacles may be filled from a chute and that all shoveling is dispensed with. The rollers and partitions or Walls separating the bucket receptacles may be differently arranged without departing from the essential features and scope of my invention. Not only barges that are towed, but vessels propelled by their own engines, may be rigged up in portions with my invention applied. here merchandise of the character above referred to is to be loaded into the hold of a ship through hatchways in the decks, my invention may be employed, as Well as where the coal or other material is loaded through port-holes in the side of the ship. The size of the bucketreceptacles will be regulated by the nature and quantity of the material desired to be carried in them.

With this description of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a barge, of means for dividing said barge into compartments, rollers mounted to turn in said compartments, and bucket receptacles adapted to be raised from and lowered into said compartments between said rollers, said bucket receptacles having openings therein so that they are adapted to be gripped by hooks of hoisting apparatus, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a barge or other vessel, divided into compartments, of bucket receptacles adapted to fit and be carried in said compartments, and also adapted to be raised out of and lowered into the same, said bucket receptacles being constructed so that they may be gripped bya hoistingapparatus, for the purpose of loading or unloading, and lifting them out of, or lowering them into, said compartments, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. PRAT".

Witnesses:

JOHN F. KERR, JOHN VVEBSTER. 

